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new financial deficit. We must pay more than we bargained 
for. Let us hope that this is the final test before we are ad- 
mitted to the promised land. It is my hope that we shall meet 
this test in such a convincing fashion that the very manner of 
our meeting it will be a large factor in making it the final one. 
To this end, it seems to me to be of the highest importance that 
every member contribute something, even if it is only a dollar. 
This would show a solidarity of purpose, of devotion to the 
cause, and of faith in the value of the organization, that would 
not be shown should we raise the funds needed by a few large 
contributions. We should show our strength, and our devotion 
to the cause of science also by the amount we raise. We should 
not stop with paying the debts already contracted. We should 
provide also, and speedily, the funds needed with which to pub- 
lish the papers of this meeting. 
The special address by Dr. Coulter, and the symposium on 
Science and Education, were planned specifically for the ac- 
complishment of a definite and very much needed piece of work, 
and it is obvious that very little will be accomplished in the 
direction intended unless these addresses are given wide circu- 
lation. If, with the aid of a few large donations from wealthy 
men, we can raise enough money, not only to pay for the two 
volumes already published, but to publish the papers of the 
present meeting, we will have in this accomplishment itself, an 
unanswerable argument to the effect that we as a body stand 
ready to do our part of the work for the State that can be done 
only by such an organization of the science forces within it. 
This is a day of organizations. Hardly any cause can 
prosper as it should, in these days, unless it is backed by an 
organization. I would not underestimate the value of the indi- 
vidual worker in science. Science itself, is the sum total of 
what individuals have done, and yet, it is obvious that no one 
has given his full measure of support to science when he has 
served it merely as an individual. He must join forces with 
others for the accomplishment of ends that cannot be accom- 
plished by individuals, working alone. The papers and discus- 
sions of this meeting will develop the fact, I am sure, that 
science is not functioning in society as it should. In fact, I am 
sure that it will be shown that if certain present tendencies in 
